The original jurisdiction of Supreme Court may relate to what kind of cases?

Correct answer: Disputes between Centre and states

Correct answer: A. Original jurisdiction means that a case can begin directly in a particular court instead of arriving there as an appeal from a lower court. Under the Constitution, the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in certain federal disputes involving the Union and one or more states, or disputes between states, when the required legal conditions are met. A is therefore the appropriate answer. B is wrong because a school examination date is normally an administrative or educational matter, not a constitutional federal dispute. C is wrong because an ordinary private-shop rent dispute does not ordinarily fall under the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction. D is wrong because a local sports competition is not the type of constitutional dispute meant here. Memory cue: original means the case starts there; appellate means the case comes there after a lower-court decision.